I'm back now from the trip to the lake to practically close it down for the summer. It's always a bit of a sad trip, as it's primarily a work weekend to prepare the place for the coming winter.
The boat gets pulled from the water. The dock gets disassembled and stored. Plants and flowers are cut down to the ground. Life jackets and swim gear are put away. The entire time, you have the feeling hanging over you and the thought running through your head: "This is the last time this year I'll be seeing and using this stuff. It'll be another nine months before it gets pulled back out."
This year was no different. Except that it was mostly cold and rainy--the entire weekend. Luckily, we did have a window of a few hours of sunlight on Sunday morning where we were able to get the majority of the big work done before the rain started up again. Plus, the running joke of the weekend was that every time we looked at the thermometer, it read 56°. It really did seem like it was that cold most of the time.
Anyhow, the majority of the big work is done. I'll be heading out there one more time sometime in early October to do the final closedown of the cabin (tear off the bedding, winterize and turn off the water lines, etc.), but that'll be it for the year.
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